LibGuides: Women's History Month: Home

Library Resources

Nobel Prize Women in Science by Sharon B. McGrayne
Call Number: Q 141 .M358 1998
Walking in the Sacred Manner by Mark St. Pierre
Call Number: E 98 .W8 S7 1995
Medicine Women, Curanderas, and Women Doctors by Bobette Perrone; Victoria Krueger; H. Henrietta Stockel
Call Number: ONLINE
After the First Full Moon in April by Josephine Grant Peters; Beverly Ortiz
Call Number: ONLINE
Rosalind Franklin by Brenda Maddox
Call Number: QP 26 .F68 M33 2002
Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky
Call Number: Q 141 .I33 2016
Encyclopedia Britannica: Nettie Stevens
Call Number: ONLINE
Florence Nightingale on public health care
Call Number: ONLINE
Florence Nightingale and Hospital Reform by Lynn McDonald (Editor)
Call Number: ONLINE
Women of color in STEM : navigating the workforce
Call Number: ONLINE
Women at the Edge of Discovery by Kendall F. Haven
Call Number: ONLINE

Videos

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CRISPR: Can We Control It?
Interviews with Jennifer Doudna, co-inventor of the gene editing tool, CRISP, and others who discuss the potential benefits and dangers of this new technology.
The Genius Of Marie Curie: The Woman Who Lit Up The World
The first woman to be awarded a Nobel prize, Marie Curie was an extraordinary woman whose story is as remarkable in the modern day as it was last century.
Learn About The Contributions Of Marie Curie And Other Notable Women During WWI
Full-length version of three notable women of World War I (Marie Curie, Mabel St. Clair Stobart, Aileen Cole Stewart, nurses, nursing).
Bringin' in da spirit
Through the use of first person narrative and rare archival images, this documentary provides a moving glimpse of the women who have skillfully brought scores of children across the threshold of existence. Narrated by Phylicia Rashad, this evocative and passionate film celebrates women who have committed themselves to holistic answers amidst powerful misconceptions about the practice of midwifery and virulent opposition from practitioners of Western medicine.
Catching Babies: Celebrating the Power of Birth, Mothers and Midwives
"What if we could change the world by changing the way babies are born? Shot in El Paso, Texas, CATCHING BABIES tells the stories of mothers and midwives on the journey to bring life into the world. Kennasha, Jessica, Diana and Sandra are struggling through one of the most demanding schools of midwifery in the country, Maternidad La Luz Birth Center and School, a school designed to be challenging in order to push women to understand their own strength. ..."

DVDs in the Library

Secret of photo 51
Call Number: DVD QH 506 .D63
The story of Rosalind Franklin, a scientist whose work was crucial in the discovery of the famous double-helix structure of DNA, but who went without credit for years.
Vietnam nurses
Call Number: DVD RT 120 .W3 V54
"Reveals the emotional story of the women whose lives were forever changed by the casualties of war. What they saw, what they, did and what it cost them is a true tale of American heroism. ..."

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List of Subject Headings for Further Research

This list of Library of Congress subject headings can help you get started with your research. Try searching these terms in our catalog and databases, and on the internet.

Women in the professions
Leadership in women
Women executives
Businesswomen
Women – Biography
Women social reformers
Women and Literature
Women scientists
Women authors, American (may substitute other geographic region)
Women’s Studies
Women – study and teaching
Women’s Rights
Women – civil rights
Women – legal status, laws, etc.
Women – suffrage
Feminism
Feminism - United States (may substitute other geographic region)
Feminist theory
Feminism and higher education
Feminism – cross-cultural studies

Women's History Month: Home

Celebrate Women's History Month, March 2022